Ruth Pyle receives Bohleber Award

A willingness to stay late into the night to admit a new resident or to listen to a family's sorrows is one of many reasons Ruth Pyle, director of marketing and sales at Wabash Christian Retirement Center, was selected by her co-workers to receive the Arthur Bohleber Award this year.

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The Carmi Times - Carmi, IL

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Posted Jan. 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM

By Special to The Times
Posted Jan. 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM

A willingness to stay late into the night to admit a new resident or to listen to a family's sorrows is one of many reasons Ruth Pyle, director of marketing and sales at Wabash Christian Retirement Center, was selected by her co-workers to receive the Arthur Bohleber Award this year.

The award was established in memory of Arthur L. Bohleber, a Carmi businessman who was one of the original owners of Wilmar Restorium before it was sold to Christian Homes, Inc. in 1974 and renamed Wabash Christian Retirement Center. The annual award recognizes employees who demonstrate consistent commitment to residents, family members and fellow employees.

Those who nominated Pyle, who is a 24-year employee at Wabash Christian, noted her loyalty to the senior living community and her faithfulness to her job.

"The admission process can be tough on families and potential residents," noted Chaplain Mike Fields who presented the award at the Wabash Christian annual Christmas party. "Ruth helps ease the process, providing comfort and reassurance to all involved."

Her tour-guide skills in showing the campus to potential residents and their families were also noted, along with her diligence in promoting the senior living community with the local media, especially through her regular column in the Carmi Times.

Fields, himself a past Bohleber award recipient, also stressed, "She has a very strong faith in God and exhibits it daily. And no matter the circumstance, she always has a smile on her face."

"Her Christian values are always exhibited in her respect and dignity toward the residents, employees and general public," noted a co-worker who nominated her for the award. "She has a God-given talent in the programs she puts on at churches, and a voice that has served many funerals and weddings, and just cheered up residents and staff."

The Wabash Christian Retirement Center campus includes garden homes, supportive living and senior apartments and skilled nursing care with respite care, hospice care, short-term rehabilitation and outpatient therapy. Wabash Christian is one of the 14 senior living communities of Christian Homes, Inc., which has campuses in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.